Alan Cathcart

Last month Sir Al brought us his 2000 YZR250 test. The same year, he rode the Honda that Yamaha beat. Improbable though seems, Honda went three seasons without …
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Back in the days before anyone dreamed Yamaha two-strokes would be venerated as prized collectables, the Dugdale Maxton Yamaha TZ385, that 50 years ago this year took Charlie Williams to …
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Exactly 25 years ago in 2000, Yamaha enjoyed an especially stellar race season. In the five road racing categories it contested that year, Yamaha won five out of …
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The first ever road racer from North America to win a World Championship GP race wasn’t Kenny Roberts, nor even Gary Nixon or Pat Hennen. It was the …
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Exactly 25 years ago in 2000 came a watershed moment in WorldSBK, Aprilia arrived. Until then it had been a straightforward battle between the Italian V-twin Ducatis and …
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Il Dottore leaving us will be felt not only in the USA, where the bikes he created were raced successfully to three AMA National titles in the 1980s by the …
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Fifty years ago the Suzuki RG500 made its competition debut, and in doing so raised the curtain on the modern era of 500cc Grand Prix racing, by making …
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Alan Cathcart’s MV Agusta – MotoGP 1957–1976 is a stunning tribute to the golden era of Italian Grand Prix racing, capturing untold stories, rare photographs and …
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The return of Ducati to the MX and Enduro market dictates a look in the rear view mirror of history to back when the famous Italian sportbike manufacturer …
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After Alan Cathcart’s best-selling books recounting his experiences as the only journalist to have tested almost all of the factory Ducati desmo V-twin World Superbikes from 1988 to …
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